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Soil. Any good garden soil, preferably light, 

 warm and quick. 



Distances. Set plants about two by two feet, or up 

 to four by four feet in rich ground. 



Depth. Outdoors, one-half inch. Indoors, one- 

 fourth inch. 



Sow under glass early in April, and transplant as 

 the seedlings grow. Sow outdoors in seed-bed when 



Fig. 137. Physalis pubescens. The fruits 

 one-third natural size. 



frosts are past,, thin to three inches apart in the drills 

 and at five to six inches set in permanent positions. 



Pwk the fruits when ripe. Dry in the sun those 

 wanted for later use, or else preserve. 



TREE PRIMROSE. See Evening Primrose. 



